PAN Card & EPIC Not Citizenship Proof; Foreigner Finding Upheld: Gauhati HC

Advertisement Aminul Hoque Vs Union of India (Gauhati High Court) The Gauhati High Court dismissed the writ petition challenging the opinion of the Foreigners Tribunal declaring the petitioner a foreigner. The principal issue was whether the petitioner had discharged the burden under Section 9 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 to establish that he was an Indian citizen through admissible and reliable evidence. The petitioner relied on his written statement, oral evidence, and several documents including the NRC of 1951, multiple electoral rolls from 1966 to 2017, a land sale deed dated 12.09.1973...